SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30 at 2:00 pmEight Nights by Jennifer Maiseldirected by Emily Chase

The lives that inhabit an apartment from 1949 to 2016. A young refugee woman who is finally free to start anew in the United States tries to vanquish the past that haunts her, alongside her father, husband, friends, daughter and granddaughter.

__Multiple readings of new pieces, most notably, I recently had the chance to break out my comedy chops as Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of King George III in Carolyn Kras' The Subject, a staged reading directed by Emily Chase for Antaeus Theatre Company.

__Lena in Black Super Hero Magic Mama

a new play by Inda Craig-Galvan

directed by Jennifer Chang

for The USC New Works Festival at Pasadena Playhouse

--Iola in Anacostia Street Lions

a new play by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

directed by Michael John Garces

for South Coast Rep's 20th Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival!

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Currently appearing in National spots for Subaru and General Electric.

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Check out this article in American Theatre Magazine about Hedda Gabler and partner casting at Antaeus Theatre Company:

APRIL: BOOKED the role of Antigone in The Curse of Oedipus at Antaeus Company.

MARCH: BOOKED the workshop of Marsha Norman's new play,

Special Report: The War on Women. Worked with Norman (Pulitzer winning playwright of 'Night Mother) and Lear DeBessonet (director at the Public Theatre in NYC);produced by Theatre for Humans, and performed at the Panasonic Theatre Lab.

*HBO short film "Art Heist" part of the online award nominated CUBE project

A few stage reviews...

*Crime and Punishment @ Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara

"Kwana Martinez powerfully portrays Sonia, the prostitute who has invested her real love on faith."--The Santa Barbara Independent "All three actors are terrific under Jonathan Fox's direction...Ms. Martinez vacillates between metaphor and individual character with aplomb."--Santa Barbara New-Press

*Sonia Flew @ San Jose Repertory "In Cuba, under the Castro regime, Pilar (the sublime Kwana Martinez) bristles at having to bow and scrape to the local party honcho. Martinez is formidable as Pilar, fear and desperation written on her face, even as she tries for a gracious smile." --The San Jose Mercury

*Merry Wives of Windsor @ Denver Center

"It's hard to imagine what (director) David Ivers could have done to make this weightless screwball comedy any more entertaining. ...Though this is Shakespeare's sole play centered on finding love in the middle ages, it's also got a pair of adorable young lovers (Mat Hostetler and Kwana Martinez), and it's no surprise they are able to outwit their disapproving parents."

--The Denver Post

*String of Pearls @ North Coast Repertory

"Kwana Martinez moves deftly from a present day 74 to her earlier self at 39. Her age shifts are so complete that we can sense the age shift even before a line of dialog or a change of costume."